Oil prices tumbled on Wednesday as vote counting showed Donald Trump edging ahead in an unexpectedly tight US presidential election, throwing world markets into turmoil in a result reminiscent of June's Brexit vote.
Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.
A nervous world turned its gaze to America's 200 million-strong electorate Tuesday as it chooses whether to send the first female president or a populist property tycoon to the White House.
Bernie Sanders won resounding caucus victories Saturday in Alaska and Washington state, hoping to slow the advance of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who has a commanding lead in the presidential nomination race.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump grabbed a big win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, while Democrat Hillary Clinton breathed life into her sluggish campaign with a victory over Bernie Sanders in Nevada.
US billionaire and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is mulling an independent bid for the White House, The New York Times reported Saturday.
